| 单词 | margosa tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmargosa tree 1. In full margosa tree. The neem tree, Azadirachta indica. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] locust tree1795 margosa1802 1802 Duke of Wellington Let. 25 Aug. in Dispatches (1834) I. 291 An additional quantity of the bark of the Murgosah tree. 1839 Penny Cycl. XV. at Melia According to Dr. Ainslie a kind of toddy is procured by fermenting the sap of healthy young margosa-trees. 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 464 It is supposed that the Melia Azedarachta, or neem-tree of India, possesses febrifugal properties;..it is also called the Margosa-tree. 1871 S. Mateer Land of Charity vii. 98 It is already well known that there are powerful tonics and febrifuges, such as the bark of the Margosa tree. 1930 Punch 16 Apr. 434/1 There's gold on the young Margosa, the flame-o'-the-forest's out. 1967 R. K. Narayan Sweet-vendor ii. 26 Jagan..broke a twig from a margosa tree. 1997 A. Sivanandan When Memory Dies iii. xi. 337 The sun broke through in twinkles through the tamarind trees or leapt over the margosa to dapple their way. < as lemmas |
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